Hagee's "Christians for Israel" Meet in DC, Seeking Conflict with Iran

[Purveyor]

You have probably heard of Pastor John Hagee. Senator McCain, after seeking Hagee's endorsement, rejected it: "McCain told CNN's Brian Todd that he rejected Hagee's endorsement after Todd brought to his attention Hagee's comments that Adolf Hitler had been fulfilling God's will by hastening the desire of Jews to return to Israel in accordance with biblical prophecy," CNN reported on May 22.

But you might not be aware that unlike Senator McCain, Washington's right-wing "Israel Lobby" has not put any daylight between themselves and their close comrade John Hagee, or his "Christians United for Israel." When you say "Israel Lobby," people tend to think "AIPAC." Many people don't realize that a key component of the "Israel Lobby" consists of people who call themselves Christian.

CUFI - which announces on its home page that the President of Iran is "a new Hitler in the Middle East" - remember what happened the last time that designation was applied? - is holding its Third Annual Washington-Israel Summitin Washington, D.C July 21-24 at the Washington Convention Center. The schedule suggests that Hagee is still a key player in the right-wing "Israel Lobby," and that like the rest of the Lobby, a top priority for CUFI is promoting confrontation between the United States and Iran.

The program includes Senator Lieberman; Brad Gordon, Co-Director of Policy and Government Affairs at AIPAC; Patrick Clawson of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy; Daniel Pipes of the Middle East Forum; William Kristol of the Weekly Standard; and Representative Mike Pence, co-sponsor of the resolution demanding that the President seek to impose a blockade on Iran. (The resolution is starting to face opposition; co-sponsors Frank and Wexler have come out against the blockade language, and yesterday Representative Clay removed his name as a co-sponsor.)

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HUFFINGTON POST: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/hagees-christians-for-isr_b_111956.html

[Turbineguy]

1. "WE WANT WAR!"

"WE WANT WAR!"

[MikeNearMcChord]

2. Now do any of them have relatives who are going to fight

in this war against Iran and Islam? As a matter of fact why don't Haggee form crusader army and lead the first charge?

[LiberalFighter]

3. Did you all see the part where Lieberman will also appear?